12/15/18 – La Traviata – 1PM
The Metropolitan Opera
LA TRAVIATA
Giuseppe Verdi
- ESTIMATED RUN TIME: 3 HRS 7 MINS, 2 intermissions
- SUNG IN ITALIAN
- photo credit: Marty Sohl / Met Opera
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Michael Mayer’s richly textured new production, featuring a dazzling 19th-century setting that changes with the seasons. Soprano Diana Damrau plays the tragic heroine, Violetta, and tenor Juan Diego Flórez returns to the Met for the first time in five seasons to sing the role of Alfredo, Violetta’s hapless lover. Baritone Quinn Kelsey is Alfredo’s father, Germont, who destroys their love. Later performances feature Anita Hartig, Stephen Costello, Artur Ruciński, and Plácido Domingo.
You can download performance programs, read the opera synopsis and watch performance videos at: https://www.metopera.org/Season/Radio/Saturday-Matinee-Broadcasts/
CAST

CONDUCTOR
Yannick Nézet-Séguin

VIOLETTA VALÉRY
Diana Damrau

ALFREDO GERMONT
Juan Diego Flórez

GIORGIO GERMONT
Quinn Kelsey